One of the finest football books of recent years is Simon Hughes’ Secret Diary of a Liverpool Scout .  It tells the story of Geoff Twentyman...

Over the past years there has been an increasing realisation of the importance of intelligence in football.  Defining and measuring a con...

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Goalkeepers, it is often said, are different.  You have to be when in a game where the ultimate aim is to put the ball between the goalposts...

“I watch the goals on my phone to get me in the mood and to give myself a vision of how I want the game to go.  As the season has gone on, I...

As someone who tended to do well at school, quickly getting to grips with ideas that others struggled to absorb, I grew up thinking of mysel...

Why is it that some players show exceptional talent at one side but then look utterly lost when they move to a bigger club?  Often this is b...

And Why Some Players Are Better Off At Smaller Clubs When Juventus signed Brazilian striker Amauri from Palermo in 2008 in a deal worth ov...